RT Article
T1 Crime and economic activity. A panel data approach
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 39
IS 3
SP 391
OP 400
A1 Witt, Robert
A2 Clarke, Alan
A2 Fielding, Nigel 1950-
LA English
YR 1999
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639653848
AB We use aggregate data from 42 police force areas to examine the relationship between economic factors and property crime. The change in unemployment is seen to impact positively on four types of criminal activity examined. A widening of the distribution of weekly earnings of full-time manual men (a measure of wage inequality) and increases in cars per capita (a measure of the availability of thievable property) lead to increases in crime. We also find evidence that increases in the size of the police force reduce property crime
K1 Arbeitslosigkeit
K1 England
K1 Entwicklung
K1 Kraftfahrzeugdiebstahl
K1 Kriminalität
K1 Ökonomik
K1 Wohnungseinbruch